Chinese shaolin monks perform shaolin kung fu martial arts as part of a martial art exhibition at the U.N. headquarters in Vienna, Austria. (AFP)

Russian cosmonauts Evgeniy Tarelkin (R), Oleg Novitskiy (C) and NASA astronaut Kevin Ford look out from a Soyuz capsule during a training session at the Star City space center outside Moscow. (Reuters)

A model presents a design by Bora Aksu during his Spring/Summer 2013 show at London Fashion Week in London. (AP)

A Tunisian protester is engulfed in tear gas smokes during a protest outside the U.S. embassy in Tunis against a film mocking Islam. (AFP)

Pope Benedict XVI attends a welcome ceremony at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Lebanon to urge peace at a time of great turmoil in the Middle East region. (AP)

Xavante Indians and Kraho tribesmen compete in a race carrying a wood log during the ‘7th Meeting and Exhibition of the Peoples of Cerrado’ at the Memorial of Indigenous Peoples in Brasilia, Brazil, September 13, 2012. (Reuters)

People participate in a mass floating event in the Dead Sea, Israel. Hundreds took part in the event to raise environmental awareness for the ailing sea, located at the earth’s lowest point. (Reuters)

A monk feeds pigeons near Boudhanath Stupa in Katmandu, Nepal. (AP)

Lava flows from the Volcan de Fuego, or Volcano of Fire, as seen from the town of Palin, south of Guatemala City, September 13, 2012. The long-simmering volcano exploded with a series of powerful eruptions outside one of Guatemala’s most famous tourist attractions, hurling thick clouds of ash and spewing rivers of lava down its flanks. (AP)

South Korean rapper Psy performs his massive K-pop hit ‘Gangnam Style’ live on NBC’s ‘Today’ show in New York. (AP)